She was born Dec. 31, 1955, in Searcy to Fredia Boyd Goforth and the late Eugene Goforth and grew up in Cabot. She had previously lived in Little Rock and Conway. Nita was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed being a wife, mother and nana. She also liked to take walks, travel and cook. She touched the lives of many and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Left to cherish Nita’s memory are her husband, Keith Ihms of Maumelle; her children, Jason Tipton of Little Rock, Jennifer Campbell and her husband, Scotty, of Conway and Kalli Tipton of Maumelle; her mother, Fredia Boyd Goforth of Cabot; one sister, Teressa Robinson and her husband, Shelby, of Lamar; as well as two grandchildren, McKinley Grace Tipton and Beau Taylor Campbell. Anita’s family would like to thank her friends Sharon, Kelly and Diane.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in the chapel of Moore’s Cabot Funeral Home with Pastor Robert Weiss officiating. Burial will follow at Sumner Cemetery under the direction of Moore’s Cabot Funeral Home (501) 843-5816. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Memorials may be made to the Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund Foundation Office; 614 East Emma Avenue, Suite 119; Springdale, AR 72764. Please sign the online guest book at www.moorescabotfuneralhome.com.